Washing-machine



UNTTED sTATns PATENT onirica.

LEWIS TUPPER, OF GENOA, NEW YORK.

WASHING-MACHINE.

To all whom t may concern Be itl known that I, Lnwis TUPPER, of the townof Genoa, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Machines for 'Tashing Clothes, which isdescribed as follows, reference being had to the annexed drawings of thesame, making part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a. perspective view of the machine, Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section of the machine.

The nature of my invention and improvement consists in making therollers C of the dasher of greater diameter than the rollers B of thebed for the purpose of reducing friction and preventing the danger ofhaving the clothes injured by passing said rollers back and forth overthem, the said rollers being prevented, by reason of their superiordiameter from descending into the spaces between the small rollers ofthe concave wash bed and tearing small and fine clothing when in saidspaces during the o-peration of washing.

A represents the wash boX made in the usual manner.

B is the concave bed of revolving rollers turning on pivots, orgudge-ons, in a frame L, placed in the bottom of the boX.

C are `the swinging or dash rollers made of greater diameter than therollers B of the concave.

D is the swinging or dash frame in which the rollers C revolve.

Eis the rock shaft to which the arms of I the dash frame are atlixed.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 5,491, dated March 28, 1848.

I-I are the uprights secured to the wash box in the usual manner, and onwhich the rock shaft turns.

I are spiral springs that allow the rock shaft to rise and fall duringits reciprocating movement over the bed of rollers, and to rise when aquantity of clothes are introduced between the dasher and the bed.

K is a plug for letting off the dirty water after the washing isfinished.

All the rollers are made to turn on their own axis.

I do not claim as my invention making a machine to wash clothes by meansof a concave bed of rollers and a vibrat-ory frame of rollers to moveback and forth over the same, as this has been done, but

What I do claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis* Making the rollers B of the .concave wash board or bed, andvibrat-ing dasher C, of different sizes for the purpose of reducingfriction and preventing the danger of having the clothes injured bypassing said rollers back and forth over them, the said rollers beingprevented (by reason of their greater diameter) from descending into thespaces between the small rollers of the concave wash bed and tearingsmall and kfine clothing when confined in said spaces during theoperation of washing as herein set forth, the large and small rollers ofthe dasher and concave vrevolving on their axes as the frame swings toand fro over the bed of rollers.

Lnwis TUPPER.

Witnesses:

WM. P. ELLIOT, JOSEPH HARDY,

